On top of old smokey
all covered with snow,
I lost my true lover
by courting so slow,
For courtening's a pleasure
and parting is grief,
And a false-hearted lover
is worse then a thief,
On top of old smokey
all covered with snow,
I lost my true lover
by courting so slow.

When you wake up in the morning,
you hear the ding dong ring,
You go marching to the table
see the same old thing,
See the forl on the table
nothing in your pan,
If you say a thing about
it you're in trouble with a man,
Let the midnight special shine
a light on me,
Let the midnight special shine,
it's everloving light on me,
If you ever go to Houston,
well you'd better act right,
And you'd better not gamble
and you'd better not fight,
For the sherrif will arrest
you and will take you down,
And before you understand
it you're a prison bound,
Let the midnight special
shine a light on me,
Let the midnight special
shine, it's everloving light on me
(on me, on me),
Let the midnight special
shine a light on me,
Let the midnight special
shine, it's everloving light on me
(on me, on me),
Let the midnight special
shine a light on me,
Let the midnight special
shine, it's everloving light on me
(on me, on me),
Let the midnight special
shine a light on me...